Have a whale of a time
Have a whale of a time 玩得非常痛快
A sperm whale tail breaches at Kaikoura South Island, New Zealand
今日小常識
In 2012, researchers in the US discovered a beluga whale whose vocalisations were remarkably close to human speech. While dolphins have been taught to mimic the pattern and durations of sounds in human speech, no animal has spontaneously tried such mimicry.
美國的研究人員2012年發現白鯨的發聲系統和人類的極其相似。雖然人們曾對海豚進行培訓讓它們來模仿人類的發聲習慣和長度，但是至今為止不曾有動物會自發的去模仿人類的聲音。
今日短語
在口語表達中，to have a whale of a time 的意思是“玩的非常痛快，度過了一段很開心的時光”。
例句
I spent the summer holidays in Mexico and had a whale of a time!
Mary is a real party girl. She goes out every night and has a whale of a time!
請注意
我們可以用 a whale of a... 來描述某件事、行為“非常了不起、極好”。
例句
Well done! You are doing a whale of a job!
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